I was thinking this morning that usually when I run a JP as a GM, things are happening in sort-of real time, where the players there are controlling their characters as things unfold. The benefits of this is it feels close to live action (e.g. you don't know quite what will happen). But the downside is that whoever can't make the JP can't get their character into the action easily. It occurred to me that some other GMs have done a sort of "extended JP" which is more like group storywriting. The JP will be opened for an extended period like a week and during that week, players insert their characters' lines at their convenience. When everyone is satisfied with the result they post it on the forum. The benefits are that everyone has a chance to write in the JP, and the finished JP probably comes out more polished/readable. Basically one style of JP is an "event" where the other is sort of a project.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?